Background
Ruskin, Joseph Richard was born on April 14, 1924 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ely and Betty Edith (Chaimson) Schlafman.
Ruskin, Joseph Richard was born on April 14, 1924 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ely and Betty Edith (Chaimson) Schlafman.
Graduate, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1949.
Ruskin appeared in an episode of The Outer Limits, called "Production and Decay of Strange Particles". He also appeared in the film Smokin" Aces. He appeared in The Time Tunnel episode “Revenge of the Gods,” as well as two separate two-part Mission: Impossible episodes "Old Manitoba Out" and "The Slave".
He had an uncredited voice role of the Kanamits from The Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Manitoba", a season after playing the Genie in another episode, "The Manitoba in the Bottle".
Ruskin died on December 28, 2013 at a hospital in Santa Monica, California. Star Trek Ruskin is one of the actors or actresses to have starred in both the original Star Trek (1966) (up to and including Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)) and then in every spin official
Along with Majel Barrett, Clint Howard and Jack Donner, he is one of only four actors to appear in both the original Star Trek series and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001).
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Federation television and Radio Artists, SAG, Actors Equity Association (national county).
Married Patricia Herd, 1959 (divorced 1976). Married Barbara Greene. 1 child Alicia Ruskin Bucklan.